Three U-M faculty members — Dr. Eric R. Fearon, Arline T. Geronimus and Medical School Dean Dr. James O. Woolliscroft — have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the health and medical fields.

The Office of Campus Sustainability will host a town hall for students, faculty and staff Nov. 6 to share an update on the university’s sustainability goals, with a focus on campus efforts to address climate change.

President Mary Sue Coleman was lauded as a strong leader in the effort to keep college affordable as the Board of Regents offered its last annual review of the university’s 13th president. The board awarded her a $100,000 bonus.

Celebrate Invention is the university’s chance to recognize the accomplishment of faculty and researchers engaged in technology transfer. The annual event is 3-6 p.m. Wednesday in the Michigan League Ballroom.

As a child, Emily Saarinen was fascinated by caterpillars and other small creatures. That respect for nature rooted in her childhood has grown to inspire her work today as an assistant professor of biology in the Department of Natural Sciences at UM-Dearborn.

U-M will build a unique, 30-acre environment for testing connected and automated vehicles. It is a critical element of a joint project to develop a system of connected and automated vehicles in southeastern Michigan by 2021.